Colon Cancer

What is Colon Cancer?

The large intestine is mainly divided into: colon, rectum, and attached to these parts are the appendix, anal canal and anal skin, and cancers occurring in these parts are known as colorectal cancer. Colon cancer is the most common cancer among males in Malaysia (affecting about 15 per 100,000) and the second most common cancer among females in Malaysia (affecting about 11.1 per 100,000), and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in Malaysia.

According to data released by the World Health Organization in 2020, colon cancer is the third most common cancer after breast and lung cancer, and its cancer-related deaths are second only to lung cancer. Approximately 1.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with colon cancer and more than 900,000 patients die from colorectal cancer.

So can middle and late-staged colon cancer be cured? Minimally invasive techniques with few side effects and minimal trauma can help colorectal cancer patients preserve their anus as well as their bowel, avoiding removal as well as suffering from an artificial anus and effectively prolonging survival.

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Colon Cancer Traditional treatment

Surgical treatment Surgery to remove cancerous tissue and clean cervical lymph nodes that may have metastasis.
Radiation Therapy Radiation therapy for follicular adenocarcinoma.
chemotherapy Often used as palliative therapy for inoperable or distantly metastatic advanced cancer.
Chinese treatment Traditional Chinese medicine therapy can inhibit the development of cancer, improve the immune function of patients with Colon Cancer, and reduce the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Colon Cancer Treatment Technology

Patient Stories

: Winda Fitrianah Muchlis; Indonesia Ovarian cancer; Treatment programs: Interventional therapy; Description: I am Winda Fitrianah Muchlis from Jakarta, Indonesia, currently 45 years old. Now that I am rosy-cheeked, can you imagine that I am a patient who was once diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer?

: Haten; other Ewing's sarcoma; Treatment programs: interventional therapy + radical surgery; Description: Haten is a lively 22-year-old teenager who enjoys sports, particularly playing basketball. He recently started his career and was looking forward to a bright future. Unfortunately, in June 2023, Haten received the devastating news that he had been diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, which is a malignant tumor that affects the bones.

: Elisabeth; Netherlands Breast cancer; Treatment programs: Interventional therapy + natural therapy; Description: Many desperate cancer patients are declared untreatable by local doctors, but you will see hope here. The hospital focuses on minimally invasive techniques and the patient is treated at the center. Don't waste too much time in hesitation and stumbling, you need timely treatment and you have more options!" This is my heartfelt appeal to cancer patients.

: Lukman Holy; Indonesia other; Treatment programs: Interventional therapy; Description: "I am glad to have found St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou because the minimally invasive treatment technology here does not harm normal tissues of the body. Compared with the pain caused by the side effects of systemic chemotherapy, I am really lucky! During the treatment of cancer, I can still maintain a good quality of life, which is a blessing brought by the new technology of cancer treatment. "This is my true experience after treatment at St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou. On January 11, 2024, I came to the hospital for further treatment and was interviewed by the hospital After the first systemic chemotherapy, I fainted and fell to the ground I am Lukman Holy from Makassar, Indonesia. In 2022, I started to feel unwell: gum discomfort, frequent runny nose, and the runny nose was accompanied by bloodshot eyes! I felt uneasy at that time and had a premonition: something big must have happened to me! I was rushed to the local hospital for examination.

: Tan Tanty Bintari; Indonesia; Treatment programs: Urachal adenocarcinoma; Description: Tan Tanty Bintari from Surabaya, Indonesia, was diagnosed with stage IV urethral adenocarcinoma due to blood in her urine, with a tumor size of about 3.8cmx4.4cmx2.2cm and multiple lung metastases, and a tumor size of about 2.4x1.8cm in her left lung. After comprehensive minimally invasive treatment at St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, the tumor has almost disappeared and her life quality is good now.

The Multidisciplinary Team

: Cui Jianguo; Chief Physician Director

: He Jianyu; Chief Physician Director of Minimally Invasive Center

: Xiang Qide; Chief Physician Director

: Pu Ruilian; Attending Physician Director of Ultrasound Department

: AGILA ADNAN; Resident Physician International Oncology Resident

: Ban Zhonghua; Attending Physician Director of Interventional Radiology

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Colon Cancer Symptoms

Who are High-risk Populations?

1. The population has a history of familial polyposis.

2. The people have first-degree relatives with colon cancer.

3. Occult blood test shows positive in a long term.

4. Patients develop chronic ulcerative colitis.

5. The population has chronic diarrhea or chronic constipation.

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Colon Cancer Diagnosis

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Combined with traditional Chinese medicine, firstly, human body can get back to be dynamic balance, secondly, complications after surgery can be reduced, thirdly, sensitivity to radiation therapy and chemotherapy can be enhanced, reduced toxic side effects, fourthly, risk of reoccurrence and metastases can be decreased, thus patient’s quality of life can be improved and survival rate can be prolonged.

What does Postoperative Nursing Include?

1. About Clothes: soft, comfortable, elastic clothing should be chosen, in addition, belt should not be too tight so as to avoid pressing the wound.

2. About Bath: after the wound is healed completely, patient can take bath.

3. About Diet: patients need to ensure nutritional balance, eating more fresh fruits and vegetables.

4. About Exercise: appropriate exercise should be done to enhance physical condition and improve cold tolerance and resistance of body.

5. About Mental State: patient should keep optimistic and positive attitude, as well as avoid being depressed and tense.

What kinds of supports can be obtained?

Practice proves that the clinic team services composed by multiple disciplines like oncosurgery, oncology, pathology, imageology and anesthesia doctors as well as professional nurses, can provide patients with most effective, most suitable and most economic treatment plan, and also can greatly improve the therapeutic effect of treating cancer patients.

“One station” medical system constructed by Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou combining multiple disciplines, can perform comprehensive diagnosis and treatment for patients under the condition of without adding patients’ burden. Therefore, on one hand, it can provide all-round and heartfelt medical services, and on the other hand, it improves medical efficiency and level. There are many channels can be applied to conduct the communication between patients and doctors, like online consultation, email, telephone conversation, and face-to-face consultation. All these consultation services can effectively help patients to fight the cancer. While the medical team faced by the patients includes doctors, nurses, dietitians, interpreters and so on to meet various demands in different level of different countries. Patients would be more confident under the unobstructed communication environment to cooperate the hospital to diagnose and treat the diseases.

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Colon Cancer Staging

Stages of Colon Cancer are:

Stage 0: abnormal cells are found in the wall of colon and colon cancer in this stage is also called primary cancer.

Stage I: Cancer is in the inner layers of colon, invading submucosa

Stage II: Cancer has spread through the muscle wall of the colon, but it has not spread to lymph nodes.

Stage III: Cancer has spread to the lymph nodes around colon, but it has not invaded other parts of body.

Stage IV: Cancer has spread to other organs, such as lung, liver, abdominal wall, ovary, etc.

Reoccurrence: colon cancer reoccurs after treatment and the recurrent regions are colon or other organs.

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